Kip Boryla #32, Regis High School, shoots against Jalen Davis, Rangeview High School, in the second half half at Rangeview on Jan. 9, 2015. Regis won 78-53. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post)

Here is The Associated Press Colorado prep basketball poll for the week of Jan. 20, 2015, with first-place votes in parentheses, record, total points and last week’s ranking, as voted upon by a statewide panel of sports writers and broadcasters, including The Denver Post:

Brian Carey celebrated at mid court with teammates after the win. The Denver East High School boy’s basketball team took the 5A championship game with a 70-49 win over Fossil Ridge on March 15, 2014 in Boulder. (Denver Post file)

Here is The Associated Press Colorado prep basketball poll for the week of Jan. 6, 2015, with first-place votes in parentheses, record, total points and last week’s ranking, as voted upon by a statewide panel of sports writers and broadcasters, including The Denver Post:

Brandon Brooks of Grandview rushes with the ball as Trevor O’Hearn of ThunderRidge tries to stop him in the third quarter of a high school football game at Legacy Stadium on Sept. 19, 2014, in Aurora. (Daniel Petty, The Denver Post)

Here is the Associated Press Colorado high school football poll, including first-place votes in parentheses, season record, total points and last week’s ranking, as voted upon by a statewide panel of sports writers, including from The Denver Post.

Colorado Styxx catcher Kara Jones, of Rampart High School, looks for a pop foul during a game against the Louisville Lady Sluggers at the Colorado Sparkler, Junior Sparkler and Fireworks girls fast pitch club softball tournament at the Aurora Sports Park on July 2, 2014. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post)

Who’s going to be the King of the Mountain? Eight high school softball teams are heading to Mountain Range High School this weekend to battle for the top spot.

Range head coach Dane Craig, brainchild behind King of the Mountain, said tournaments are an easy way for prep softball programs to fit games into their schedule. But often the events are too big and games often end in ties or time limits. Having only eight teams, there will be no ties or time limits.

“I put together a format and only asked eight teams to come,” Craig said. “It guarantees all eight teams three 5A games, which helps their power ratings win or lose.”

If there is a tie after two hours or seven innings, international tiebreaker rules will be used.

Craig said there was high interest in the tournament and he filled out the team spots back in April.

Tickets for the tournament are $2 per day or $3 for the weekend. For more information about the tournament, go to www.softballmrhs.com.

Runners in the 5A 4×800-meter relay race to the finish during the Colorado High School State Track and Field Championships on May 15, 2014, at Jeffco Stadium in Lakewood. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)

Here are Thursday’s results in the finals of the Colorado track and field state meet 2014 for Class 5A state track and field championships at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood.

Baseball isn’t like other games. Saturday’s district rounds for Classes 5A,. 4A and 3A proved it — anything can happen and it usually does.

In 5A, Chatfield, a surprising top seed after finishing in place in Jefferson County’s regular season, had to scratch through its district. The Chargers needed to rally late to tie Doherty before winning 5-4 in an extra inning. They also were pressed to handle Central (G.J.) 4-2, which earlier had downed Colorado Springs’ Pine Creek.

Always-there Cherry Creek fulfilled its presence — the Bruins, who used a late surge to win the Centennial League, got past Monarch 1-0, then outlasted Mountain Range by 7-4.

Bernstine, a senior, averaged 11.3 points in helping Cherokee Trail to the second round of the Class 5A tournament. He’s the fifth known in-state senior to commit to a Division I program, most recently following Grandview guard Eric Garcia, who committed to Wofford. Read more…

Class 3A powerhouse Holy Family went to 4A’s Conifer and beat the Lobos 3-2 in 10 innings. In doing so, the Tigers improved to 5-0 this season; including wins over the likes of Mullen and Valley.

Grace Petersen led the way offensively for Holy Family, which tied the game in the top of the seventh inning. She went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI. Macy Cox also had three hits. In all, the Tigers banged out 11 hits against the Lobos in support of senior pitcher Nicole Gardon.

Gardon pitched all 10 innings and struck out 13 batter, while walking only three.

Elsewhere, in Class 5A: Chelsea Whiddon went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in Mountain Range’s 7-6 walkoff victory over Denver East in nonleague play. The Mustangs improved to 4-0. Read more…

Neil Devlin, originally from the Philadelphia area, has covered high school sports in Colorado for more than 30 years, writing about the people, athletes and events that encompass the Rocky Mountain prep sports world.